Inspect your Canning Lids - Defective Lids / False seals

Golden Harvest canning lids are typically just as reliable as Ball or Kerr lids. My understanding is that they are all made by the same company, just manufactured in different factories. I have used them for many years. However, I am noticing that MANY of the lids in a batch that I recently purchased seem to be defective and DO NOT POP. I would not recommend canning with these lids if you are noticing the same issue. Multiple lids I got in this batch do not “pop” though they appear to seal and I had one jar come unsealed with one of these defective lids. I also found one jar that appeared sealed but when I opened the contents, there was no "whooshing" sound and the contents were spoiled. This could be dangerous. Don't take any chances. I don't think it's worth the risk.

UPDDATE: I inspected the rest of the case of Golden Harvest lids I received, and there were only about eight more lids that had this same defect. I will also say that many of the boxes which are only supposed to include one dozen lids actually have 13 or 14 lids inside, which I was very happy to find. So I do not feel as badly about this purchase, but I would still caution people when buying any brand of lids, inspect them before you use them.

[afinelinedrawn]

Wow! Thanks for posting this.. I just bought two flats of jars and two extra boxes or lids to get started. I'll definitely be extra watchful with them now. Cheers!

[Melmel]

I had the same problem. I canned peaches and noticed the lids never popped but they did seal. They also didn’t have the button in the middle. Thank you for sharing

[MiddleEastMilli]

Thank you for explaining the defect well. Take care!

[ShallowPockets]

I've had this same issue. I probably got a 50% seal on the last batch I bought. That's a lot of either waste, freezing, or double processing when 9 of 18 jars in a single canner load don't seal.

[robinlynn]

I bought sum of these lids for jamming but takes for ever to pop or not pop at all .. so aggravating

[lloydgilliam]

Dear sir I am having the same problem with Kerr lids. they have the button but the button does not pop back . It stays where you push it to. So when you open a jar the lid doesn't pop